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On 14 May 2025, the Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") of Hong Kong and the Central Bank of Ireland ("CBI") updated their longstanding cooperative framework...

The current agenda for Irish financial services firms includes two of the most significant EU regulatory initiatives in recent times – DORA and MiCAR - write Walker's Damien Barnaville and Shane Martin.

There was a distinct air of positivity and delight to be out and about networking again at the FIRE Starters Global Summit in Dublin. Once again the event was well attended by a wonderful and dynamic group of...

On 9 April 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland ("CBI") published its Expectations for Authorisation of Payment and Electronic Money Institutions and Registration of Account Information Service Providers ("CBI Expectations").

In the final part of our series examining the rise of blockchain, we discuss how governments, regulators and businesses are approaching the emergence of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies and the major legal and regulatory issues they need to understand and address to fully harness their potential.

Andrew Tzialli is a partner in the Corporate team and head of the firm's Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Group.

In its annual Regulatory and Supervisory Outlook Report (the "Annual Report") and at the Payment and Electronic Money Institutions Engagement event held in February 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland...

Bitcoin and other digital currencies are becoming increasingly popular. This has focussed the attention of governments and regulators on these non-traditional forms of payment that are increasingly

The Senior Executive Accountability Regime (SEAR) goes live on 1 July 2024.

On 11 March 2022, in a press release and speech by Derville Rowland, Director General, Financial Conduct, the Central Bank detailed its consumer and investor protection priorities for 2022.

On 26 June 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published its final report providing technical advice to the European Commission...

On 18 July 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) held an industry briefing and discussion on MiCAR...

The order establishes several mechanisms through which the Administration intends to challenge, constrain, and ultimately pre-empt state AI laws that it considers...

As the clock ticks down to the application of MiCA (the markets in crypto-assets regulation, expected to apply across the EU from the end of 2024 (or slightly earlier in the case of stablecoins...

Welcome to our EU crypto update - a roundup of key Irish and EU legislative and regulatory developments shaping the crypto-asset sector.

This six-month sandbox programme, which begins in January 2026, aims to foster innovative solutions that deliver safer, faster, greener, and more inclusive payments for households and businesses...

On 20 May 2026, the European Commission published a targeted consultation on the review of Regulation (“EU”) 2023/1114 on Markets in Crypto-Assets (“MiCA”).